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Course Description: - Principles of Sharia Politics, its origins, and prominent works in the field. - The ruling on practicing Sharia politics, its controls, and its scope. - Public offices and their most prominent characteristics. - Ancient and contemporary applications of Sharia politics.

Credits: 2

Objectives of the course :

Upon completion of the course, the student will be able to:
Definition of terms and concepts in Islamic political jurisprudence.
It mentions the rulings of Sharia politics and its applications.
The formation of jurisprudential expertise that enables the derivation of Sharia rulings for legitimate politics and their application to actual events.
Adhering to etiquette and skills in dealing with those who hold different opinions on controversial matters.
Leveraging modern technology to access information for course matters.

Course outputs :

Knowledge and understanding:
1. To define the terms and concepts of Sharia politics.
2. To mention the general rulings and evidence for matters of Islamic jurisprudence, methods of inferring them, juristic rules, and objectives.
3. To identify the elements of judicial systems and procedures and their applications concerning matters of Sharia policy.
4. To describe the scientific research methodology for studying jurisprudential issues in Sharia politics.
5. To explain the evidence for rulings from the Book (Quran) and the Sunnah according to the scientific methodology of the exegetes and hadith scholars.
Skills:
1. To use technical, computational, and numerical skills in jurisprudential issues related to Sharia policy.
2. To derive jurisprudential rulings for Sharia politics from detailed evidence.
3. To apply the jurisprudential rulings of Sharia policy to actual events.
Values, autonomy and responsibility:
- To be characterized by Islamic morals, social, professional, and academic values, and the etiquette of disagreement.
2 - Bear the assigned responsibility professionally and independently.
3- Work collaboratively and effectively as a team.

Additional information:

Course Topics:
Principles of Islamic Political Science, Objectives of Islamic Political Science, The Relationship Between Islamic Political Science and Similar Sciences, The Origin, Foundations, and Development of Islamic Political Science, Prominent Works in Islamic Political Science.
Ruling on practicing Sharia politics, evidence for its consideration, controls for practicing Sharia politics, Sharia rules organizing the provisions of Sharia politics, foundations upon which Sharia politics is based, the scope of practicing Sharia politics, how to practice Sharia politics, the impact of Sharia politics on legal rulings, the authority of the ruler to enact regulations, the authority of the ruler to restrict the permissible, the ruling of the ruler resolves disputes.
The concept of the system of governance in Islamic Sharia, the foundations upon which the Islamic political system is based, the difference between the Islamic political system and Western political theories, the appointment of the Imam, his rule, and his conditions, and how he is appointed and removed, the pledge of allegiance: its reality, its ruling, and clarification of the meaning of the "people of contract and unbinding," and their function, the rights and duties of the Imam in Islam, the three branches of government (legislative, judicial, and executive): their definition, and the relationship between them, the treasury (Bayt al-Mal): its definition, and a clarification of its sources and expenditures. Qadi al-Mazalim (Court of Grievances): its definition, and the difference between it and other judicial jurisdictions, the office of the Muhtasib (market inspector/public morality enforcer): its reality, its status, its domains, the conditions for the Muhtasib, and his jurisdiction.
Examples of the Rightly Guided Caliphs' Work in Sharia Policy, Applications of Sharia Policy in the System of Governance, Applications of Sharia Policy in the Judicial System, Applications of Sharia Policy in Punishments, Applications of Sharia Policy in the Administrative System, Applications of Sharia Policy in the Economic System, Applications of Sharia Policy in International Relations.

Last updated: 2026-06-04